Strong G2818κληρονόμος
heir
- Transliteration
- klēronomos
- Pronunciation
- klay-ron-om'-os
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Detailed definition
κληρο-νόμος, -ου, ὁ
(κλῆρος, νέμομαι, to possess) [in LXX: Jdg.18:7, 2Ki.14:7, Mic.1:15, Jer.8:10 (יָרַשׁ), Sir.23:22 *;]
1. (as in cl.) an heir: Mat.21:38, Mrk.12:7, Luk.20:14, Gal.4:1; of those who as sons of God inherit the privileges of the Messianic Kingdom; of Christ himself, Heb.1:2; of Abraham, Rom.4:13-14; of Christians, Rom.8:17, Gal.3:29, Tit.3:7, Jas.2:5.
2. (As in LXX: Jg, Mi, Je, ll. with) a possessor: Heb.6:17 11:7 (Cremer, 359 f.).†
(AS)
(κλῆρος, νέμομαι, to possess) [in LXX: Jdg.18:7, 2Ki.14:7, Mic.1:15, Jer.8:10 (יָרַשׁ), Sir.23:22 *;]
1. (as in cl.) an heir: Mat.21:38, Mrk.12:7, Luk.20:14, Gal.4:1; of those who as sons of God inherit the privileges of the Messianic Kingdom; of Christ himself, Heb.1:2; of Abraham, Rom.4:13-14; of Christians, Rom.8:17, Gal.3:29, Tit.3:7, Jas.2:5.
2. (As in LXX: Jg, Mi, Je, ll. with) a possessor: Heb.6:17 11:7 (Cremer, 359 f.).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2818 appears in 14 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- heir14
First verses
- Matthew 21:38But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.
- Mark 12:7But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.
- Luke 20:14But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.
- Romans 4:13For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
- Romans 4:14For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect:
- Romans 8:17And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
- Galatians 3:29And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
- Galatians 4:1Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;
- Galatians 4:7Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
- Titus 3:7That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
- Hebrews 1:2Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
- Hebrews 6:17Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:
- Hebrews 11:7By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
- James 2:5Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
κληρονόμ-ος,
Doric dialect κλᾱρονόμος, ὁ, (νέμομαι) heir, frequently the heir in possession, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 1.44, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 923c)]; of the heir apparent, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“SIG” 884.53 (3rd c.AD))]: with genitive person, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 923e, “IG” 22.1623.117, 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 217, “SIG” 953.65 (Cnidus, 2nd c.BC))]: with genitive of things, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 32.23; κληρονόμους τῶν αὑτοῦ καταστήσας 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 19.9, etc.: _metaphorically_, κ. τῆς εὐνοίας, τῆς ἀτιμίας, [prev. author] 5.136, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 22.34)]; τῆς ὑπὲρ τῶν νόμων [δίκης] [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 21.20; κλαρονόμος μοίσας τᾶς Δωρίδος 2nd c.BC: Moschus Bucolicus 3.96; κ. καταλιπεῖν τινα 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1270a28; κ. γράφειν τινά “Anthologia Graeca” 11.171 (1st c.AD: Lucillius Epigrammaticus).)]
Doric dialect κλᾱρονόμος, ὁ, (νέμομαι) heir, frequently the heir in possession, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 1.44, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 923c)]; of the heir apparent, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“SIG” 884.53 (3rd c.AD))]: with genitive person, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 923e, “IG” 22.1623.117, 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 217, “SIG” 953.65 (Cnidus, 2nd c.BC))]: with genitive of things, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 32.23; κληρονόμους τῶν αὑτοῦ καταστήσας 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 19.9, etc.: _metaphorically_, κ. τῆς εὐνοίας, τῆς ἀτιμίας, [prev. author] 5.136, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 22.34)]; τῆς ὑπὲρ τῶν νόμων [δίκης] [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 21.20; κλαρονόμος μοίσας τᾶς Δωρίδος 2nd c.BC: Moschus Bucolicus 3.96; κ. καταλιπεῖν τινα 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1270a28; κ. γράφειν τινά “Anthologia Graeca” 11.171 (1st c.AD: Lucillius Epigrammaticus).)]